Game apparatus.



No. 657,522. Patanted Sept. H, I900. H. A. DEITERS &. E. L."BILL.

BAMEAPPARATUS.

Applxcahon filed May 8 1900 (N6 Model.)

51 llglllllllllll 4 immmum Wilgzsses hered pockets which are to receive a ball disreference indicate similar parts in the several UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY A. pnrrERs AND EDWARD L.

BILL,OF SPENCER, WEST VIRGINIA.

GAMEIAPPARATU'S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,522, dated September 11, 1900.

Application filed May 3, 1900 charged to the board.

One object of the invention is to provide a game apparatus which may be operated in a manner to exercise skill in placing the ball; and a flirt-her object of the invention is to form a cheap construction and one in which the parts are so made and assembled that .they may be readily and efficiently operated in the playing of the game.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of views, Figure 1 is a plan view showing the complete apparatus ready for operation with the ball lying upon the board. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through the board on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the supporting-bracket for the chute. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the adjustable block against whichthe balls are discharged to make carom shots. Fig. 5 is a detail section of Fig. 1 on line 2 2, showing the means for limiting the pivotal movement of the chute.

Referring now to the drawings, the appa ratns of the present invention comprises a board 10, having a wall 11 extending entirely around its periphery, and which wall projects above the upper surface of the board to a height sufticient to prevent displacement of the ball or balls from the board during the game. The wall 11 has a cushion 12 on its inner face which is substantially triangular in cross-section, with the apex of the triangle extending inwardly and at a height to be struck by the ball midway of the height of the ball, as is usual in the cushions of billiard and pool tables. At the corners of the Wall 11 are posts 13, and engaging these posts are rails 14, which form supports for the count- Serial No. 15 ,383. (No model.)

ing-disks 15, which are usually strung overhead on a wire independently of the board.

In the upper face of the boardlO, which is preferably oblong in outline, there is formed a series of recesses 16, which in the present instance are shown as fifteen in number, and

these recesses are curvilinear tosnugly re- .ceive the ball 17 when the latter is rolled thereinto. The recesseslti are arranged in the form of a triangle and at one end of the board, thebase of the triangle being parallel with the adjacent end of the board and the apex of the triangle being midway of the sides of the board and reaching somewhat less than half-way of the length of the board. .The triangle of recesses is inclosed by a triangular arrangement of posts or pins 20, and each pin is disposed equidistant from the centers of the adjacent recesses, with the exception of the three corner-pins, which are in line with their respective lines of pins and lie also in the lines passing through the adjacent apices of the triangular arrangement of recesses and perpendicular to the opposite sides thereof. Thus these pins guard the interspaces between the recesses of the outer rows and tend to direct the-ball to the outer recesses. The recesses are, however, of such depths that with proper speed the ball may be caused to roll entirely thereover, and thus enter one of the three inner recesses. In practice the outer recesses are marked with low numbersin this instance 10while the inner recesses are marked with higher numbers, such as 50, indicating the points in the game that are counted when the ball is rolled thereinto. In order to'cause the ball to rebound from a pin when it strikes it, and thus ,to increase the difli'cultyof rolling the ball into a recess, each pin is provided with a casing 21, of rubber,.

which may be in the form of a tube-section slipped over the pin, as shown.

At the opposite end of the board 10 from the series of recesses 16 there is arranged a chute 22, which is arc-shaped in cross-section to properly discharg'e a ball therefrom to the board. Depending from this chute is a lug 23, which is pivotally mounted. upon a spindle 24, formed by an axial extension of a lateral arm 25 upon a bracket'26, which is secured to the outer face of the wall 11 at the ferent velocities.

- block 3-1 shots maybe made with great skill,

shoulder 25, against which the 'lug' '23 is clamped by means of a clamping thumb-nut are formed'upon the outer end of the spindle; Thepivotal movement of the lug,1a=nd'there "3 with theichute,,is*limited by cars 29 and 30', "which are formed upon the lug for alternate i engagement with the rail 14, whichi's passed 7 certainlimi'tsand that by adjusting theiczhmte 13.1. in form andiwhich may-be of rubberor of" end of the board opposite to the recesses' mf At the innefenld of the spindrlie itheregis a 27, which is engaged with the threads which;

through a perforationin the bracket 26; With this constructionit will be seen thatthe chute I may be" adjusted" to lie at 'anyangl'e within the ball may be discharged therefromjat dif- In alirn-emen-t with thechute is monntedlanf adjustable carom-block '31, which is trianguv wood, as may be preferred, this block having] a central stem which engages a perforation in the'board 10. Hence by adjusting the bloek. rotatably the ball may be caused to strikedifferent points thereof, and thus deflectedat! different angles against the cushion, from 'j which it willrebo-und in the direction of recesses 16. By changing the positionrof the;

and it will. of course be understood that 0116 or any number-of balls maybe used, as may 3 be preferred. a a p v In the manufacture of this apparatus any 3 suitable mate-rials and proportions may be us'ed for the various parts, and modifications may be made without departing from thespirit ofthe invention; 1 r I What is claimed is- 1. 'Aigame, apparatus comprising a board having a surrounding wall provided with a cushion on its inner face, posts at the corners of the wall, rails engaged with the pos.ts,cou-nt- 3 in-g-disks sli'dably engaged with the rails, S

triangular seriesof recesses in the upper face of thee'board' and separated by inter-spaces,

pinsj "intheboardopposite the interspaces between the outer recesses, a chute pivoted to (the board and a rotatably-adjustable block in 1 the path-of discha'rge fromthe chute. I l

("21. ,A game apparatus comprising a board having a series of recesses therein for engage- 'ment by a ball,- a wall at the'edge of the board, a hracfketlfixed to .thewall opposite to the recesses, said bracket having a lateral ar n1 provided with an axialspindlehavinga lesser 'di am'etcr thanthe form: a shoulder at the-inner endof-the spindle, a chute having a perforated lugfor engagement with the spind le, a. clamping-nutin threaded engagement with the free end ofthe spind'leto' clamp the lug against the shoulder, ears. upon-the lug,

and a stop between the ears and adapted for alternate engagement thereby to limit the pivotal movem en-tof the lug upon the spindle. 3'. A game apparatuscOmprising a board havinga wall at its edge provided with a cushion,,ia' triangular series of recessesinth'eupper face of the'hoard and adjacent one end thereof, a chute pivotally mounted at the'opposite end of the board,-means for holding the jv chute at different points of its pivotal movement, means for limiting the pivotal moveme.nt of" the chute in both directions, and a cross-sectionally angular block pivotally mounted upon the boardin a line between the ehuteand the apexof the triangular series of recesses, I V

In. testimony that we claim thefo-regoing as i our own we have hereto affixed our signatures j the presence, of

two witnesses; HARRY A.'DEITERS. EDWARD L. BILL. Witnesses: 1 1

M.. HOLLY SIMMONS, (EARL VANDALE. 

